Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 11, 1893, Page 7

PYRAMIDS OF PROGRESS » Public Schools in Omaha Enlarged to Meet 1 Educational Demands. ' PROFICIENCY OF PUPILS IN ALL GRADES Nurseries of Edaeation Become Towering Temples of Learning—Marvelous Growth of the Publio Omuha—A Visit to the Schools, School System in The difficulty to supply e 1 Aties commensurate with the needsof a great "and growing western city is only fully realized by those who have been engaged in tho work. New wants spring up like mush- rooms and where it is necessary to educato public sentiment up to supplying these wants the process of obtaining desired im- . provements is slow. The overcrowded condition of Oma Jpublic schools is a theme upon which much has been said and written, and although there 18 now a dearth of complaints in this rosprct due to the erection of several large school buildings in various sections of the clty, it is belioved only temporary relief will be afforded. 1f the present rate of increase continuics, another oxpansion cqually large will be necessary at the end of an interval of tional facil- West Omana for Instance, 4, A fair example of the rapidity of increase £ in educational needs is afforded by the West \Omaha school. Scarcely five years ago Miss annie Hurlbut was sclected by the Board of Education to take charge of the “‘young i 4deas” in the part of the two-roomed frame building had been moved to0 a quarter of a block of ground, purchased for school pur 8, at the corner of . stroeet and “I'hirty-eighth avenue. At th ' point in Soptember, 1888, the school was opened, Although in the suburbs, where it was thought the attends be small, sixty pupils were immediately enrolled. In the November following a'second teacher and another room became necessil nd in “ September, 1580, a third teacher was em- - ployed, another building of about the same size having U removed to the grounds during the summer, A fow months later a fourth teacher was empioyed and a fourth i room opers Thus m ong until even these increased became crowded. In this emergency a store build- ¢ ing a pblock away was rented ana a fifth seacher employed. During the past year these five rooms have been filled with chil- S dren sceking the rudiments of education, 8nd it is likely that the sixth room will be cessary by the opening of the next school ear, number of pupils now exee 00, and would_be a couservative esti- mate of those who will begin next Septem- ber. Y An Architectural Gem, But when the new year opens, accommo- dations as to school rooms will be ample, for the mnew building, which has been ted upon the grounds during the past year, will be completed. This is a brick structure about ize, ¢ sisting of two storic containing ten rooms. imposing cdifice site. 1t is made cle, with dark- red stone trammings, has a good, substantial slate roof and massive brick chimneys. The front view is and the build- ing, ns o whole, is the pride of the neighbor- ' hood and generally regarded as an ornament " to the city. In the basement for boys and girls. and a basement and It i sdsome and wnding recitation rooms, rooms. - The inside been plastered nnd hard finished, the plumb- ing work is completed and work has com- menced on the interior wood finishing. 1t is vhought that by the 1st of August the build- ing will be entirely completed. ould Be Dodicated, The suggestion has been made that public dcdicatory exercises be held as soon as the building is finished or at the beginning of the new year, and it is stated thatif the matter is cilled to Superintendent Fitzpat- rick's attention he will likely approve of such a plan, not only for this particular building, but for all the other new school buildings in the city which are now nearimg completion ‘When tho school was first opened, Miss Hurlbut was made principal ana has ever since continved in that position. She has surmounted many obstacles. That she has succeeded well in the task set before her is apparent to all who visit the school Some idea of the character of the work accomplished in this school may be learned by a description of the exercises which took p during the reporte Vi in the room of the begiuncrs, presided over by the prin- cipal. e Youthful Intelligence, B Fifty hittle children, mostly of awo, were busily en: This work ended, the, ok up their slatos and demonstrated th s&ill in penmanship.= There efforts in this work were surprising, many of them showing almost perfect fawmiliarity with the principles of the art and exccuting penmanship which many an adult of fair education could not equal. Next were shown some designs which woro cut from variously colored paper into all sorts of shapes and pasted on an appropriate background. After this was a short ex- ercise in colors and combinatious of colors. A cardboard containing all the colors of tho ubow was held before the pupils nd each color promptly named by them as was pointed out. The orange, they said, a3 composed of red and yollow, the gree of yellow aud blue and the violet of r white and blue. A prism was held up before them, They its name and said ] ay of the sun’s light passed thro would produce all the colors shown on the cardboard, They took their slates again and worked e 's n simplo addition, sub- traction, multiplication and division. Tak- ing sheots of yollow paper, six inches square, thoy folded them in such & manner as to mako the o show perfect five-pointod stars and othor tigu Had His Grammar Correoted. Aftor tolding a second time, they took the scissors, cut off one edge of the paper and mado & four-pointed star. One little urchin said “I ain't got no scissors” Thirty hands went up. “What should he have said?” asked the teacher, *I have no issors.” or “1 haven't any sclssors,” was v o is the word ‘ain't’ T'hero is no such response. Next came A box of figures from which the de vemade, The pupils promptly gave e naine of each one us it was held before them, as at s(uare, oblong, elrcle, cube, ot ¥ then sang by not prououneing the notes by syllabl let- tors, as tho teacher desired, and making no mistakes from beginning 10 end. Aftor singing *Columbia the Gem of the Ocean," “Roll Your Hands' und “Scatter the Flow- 5, they got into position, arose and hed quietly frof the room, with an air of triumph that filled the spectator with ad- miration and called to mind that familiar stanz: O wers you ne And t“l{ ou And fool th Wl Youno'ere Results of Good Tulilon, Ina visit to the next higher gr: which Miss Anna Broadfield has charge, the pupils were found all busily engaged in their exaumination work. In this room there are forty-one pupils, ranging between tho ages of 6 and 5 years. Their studies consist of reading, spelling, arithmotie, drawing, lan- guage and penwanship, the pupils being ex- ceptionally proficient in the two last named 1t needed only slight observation to convince ono that the work of the toacher was thorough and effective, Mrs. J. J. Poiuts has charge of she next higher grade. She is one of the new teachers in the West Omaha school, but has already demonstratod her ability. Rapid rogross has beeu made, especially in read- g, language and subjocts of general in- - formation. She has tnirty-aix pupils under her charge, who range from the ages of 7 to 9 years, and she teaches practically the same studies as are taught in the lower rooms Her pupils are, however, further advanced. In Miss Jessie McRoberts' room, which constitutes the fifth grade, there are thirty- 2[0‘ pupils whose ages are maiuly from 9 11 years. Her work has been very ac- curate aud thorough, as the results amply Leatify. A aeries of short historical skelches and 7 d in examinations. wis the read, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, it In story form has had a marked offect in stimulating the pupils to greater offort Miss Phosbe Perkins gives instruction in the highest grade, having charge of threo classes, the sixth B, seventh A and seventh B. In her room are thirty pupils. whose ages range from 11 to 18 and whose studie are history, grammar, arithmetic, geography and spelling. In arithmetic and reading the most rapid progress is shown. In the work of compass drawing, which has lately been begun, much zest is exhibited. Miss Per- kins possesses considerable tact in getting zood work out of her pupils, with gratifying results, Thus closes a brief resume of what may bo aporopriately called an epoch in the history of one of the city's educational institutions In the hustle and bustle ot everyday affairs a pause should be made for s moment to note rked change which is to take place, in outward form at loast, at the end of the present term, Nurseries of Edueation. littlo frame houses which witnessed wn of learning in many a younz mind, and within whose walls came tho first inspirations for many an honorable carcer these humblo rotics will soon exist only in memory, and will be supplanted by towering temples of education. Though the frail tenements which en- compass many young people may soon fado from view, " the character which was moulded, the love for zood words end deeds inspired beneath those humble roofs, will live in imperishable memory. The school froma primitive state, so to speak, and takes on a metropolit ir, not because it did not fulfill its mission under the then existing order of things, but be ditions have arisen which a widening out of its influence and tion to groater demands, In thoe Processlon of Progress. aracter of its influence will not be different—its sphere of usefulness will simply bo o d. While many will re- gret to part with old and fa the majority will hail with gluning of another epoch in educational lif which will be fruitful of the same beneficent results and redound to the benefit of a much larger number. H. A D, bl el JUDGE DAVIS WILL RESIGN Dofts Ermine pr at the End of the Term. ‘When the present term of the adistrict court reaches a final adjournment thore will be a vacant chair upon the judicial beneh, as Juage Herbert J. Davis has decided to doft the ermine and the gown and to step down into the ranks of the practitioners at the bar. In talking upon tho subject yesterday Judge Davis said: “Yes, I have decided to resign and shall leave the bench at the closo of the present term, at which time my resig- nation will be in the hands of Governor Crounse, in ovder that he may appoint my successor in time to begin the work of the September term of the court. ©1 resign simply for the reason that T can- not afford to stay upon the bench at th salary of 2,500 per year. The work is ple; ant enough and I like 1t, but I can make a great deal move in pra iz at the bar without working as hard. Upon being asked if he sider his intention of resigning, the judge answered that he would not. He said that he had made up his mind to get out of the judicial harness and thav he was willing that the public should know just what his inten- tions we Judge Davis was appointed by ox-C nor Boyd in 150 and during that year he od upon the eriminal bench, and was a rror to the hearts of the offendel care and prec sentences. He the evidence and, if he believed that a man was guilty of a heinous crime, ho gave him the liwit. During his time upon the criminal beneh it is said that by his sentences he lessened the commission of crime fully 25 p nt, and that ninals fromi oceai toocean passed along the informa- tion that it agood plan to fight shy of Omaha. vould not recon- ver- imposing weighed Can't Recount tho Ballots, The Olmstead-Williams contest continues to bo the drawing card in Judge Ferguson's court, where it is being tried by a jury. a’ ruling of the court, made the trial was shortened very mate a large dmount of money ed both of the gentlemen. T. J. Mahoney, who repre- sents Olmstead, moyed that the ballots of the commissioner district be brought into court and counted, that tne jury might have personal knowledge of the number of votes cast and just how the Aust ballots looked after thoy passed through the h of the judges of election. Hen brook, attorney for Mr. W posed’ the motion, holding that ballots were filed with the county c they were taken to Lincoln, whe played a star engagement in the 1 contest, Not only this, but while at coln he'said that they were in the posses- sion of numerous parties, being ina room s accossible 10 everybody ; they were ed over tables and were mixed with the ballots of other precinets, so that it was impossible to tell how many had been mutilated and destroyed. The court took the motion under advisement and yester- day held thata recount could not bo had. Lin- Distriet Curt ¢ I'tH In Judge Ogden's court, the jury returned o verdict in the case of Servia againgt Bachman brought on an action to re $10,000, alleging personal damages ar alleged false imprisonment. The verdict was for the defendant, Judges Walton and Ferguson, before whom the Stuht depot injunction case wa yesterday signed tho de manent the order restraming the delive the bonds and the transfer of the lands held by Alvin Saunders, trust The usual number of evil doers were be- fore Judge Ferguson of the criminal court yesterday to deny that they had com- mitted any wrong and that th were inno- cent of the erimes charged in'the informa- tions, Joseph Chapleviski w rharged with aving assaulted Joseph Wiatroski with an iron rod and an intention to infl bodily injury, while Wilhiam Tr Murray and Paul Murray were charged with having struck George Smith, nan W. Trope and W. K. Deniman with a couple of long bladed knives and a razor, In the Fedora A. C. Castle of Kunsas realizes that it is an expensive and dangerous thing to engage in the business of procuring false and fraud- ulent afidavits for the purpose of assisting pension stealers. He was arraigned yes- ter ? in federal court on a charge of hay- ing Tent his assistance to that kind of work and was, after pleading guilty, fined $1L000, Mr. Custle did not happen to have the money in his clothes at the time and was remanded to juil until such timo as he should be ablo to hquidate, Charles Williams was fined $1 and costs for selling liquor to the Indians, G. 1. Franklin pleaded guilty to the charge of sending unmailable matter through the United States mail he was fined §1 and cost. Tho case of the Bohn Sash and Door com- pany ugainst certain insurance companies was taken up for trial —_— Pythian Momorial Day. This is Pythian memorial day and it will be observed by the Omaha Knights, The graves of departod Kunights will be appro- vriately decegated by the several lodges. Monday evening at8o'clock a joint memorial service will be held at Myrtlo hall, Roy. J 1. D, Liwyd will deliver the address, and the memorial sorvice as vrepared by the supreme lodge will be carried out. All Knights and their families are invited and itis especially desired that the relatives of the departed members be present. Enterprise lodge No. 70 of South Omaha will hold services and all Kuights are re- quested to assewblo at 9 o'clock this morning at Kuights of Pythias hall. o —— Where Congressman Mercer Stands. Hon. D, H. Mercer has received a message from the New York World asking him the following questions: Do you with present information favor the repeal of the Sherman silver law?! Do you favor income taxt Do you favor repealing bank taxt” He answered the questions thus: *1 favor the repead of the Sherman act. 1 prefer pro- tectioa and reciprocity to an income tax. Am against the repeal of the state bank law and iu favor of an houess dollar all the tum FREIGHT MEN AT IT NOW Indications of a Prolonged Battloe Between Railway Giants, SLASHING THE VERY LIFE OUT OF RATES Unton Pacific Meots the Cut of Some of the Transcontinantal Lines and Makes Some Reductions on Its Own Account, There is overy prospect of a big war in froight rates, traceable largely to the Panama line, which forced the Southern Pacific and its connection, the “Sunset Line,” to meet the rates made by the exclusive water line from Atlantic board points to Pacific coast points. When the Southern Pacific entered the arena to meet the rates made by its rival lino it necessarily involved all the transcontinental roads along similar lines, the Union Pacifi & I"e being drawn into the maclstrom of mecting rates to pro- tect the intorior shippors as against the route from the interior via the Atlantic seaboard But the public demonstration in Mr. Jim Hill's honor last week at St. Paul scomingly has turned the “old man's™ head, and he has gone into the cutting business in a manner that takes tho breath away from rival roads engaged in const business, Ho has duplicated the Chicag to Seattle, putting Du; lower basis, thus dr in Naturally, the Union this arrangement, Omaha mon point with St.” Paul on’ the east and Portland with Seattlo on the west, and it hus been ded by Mr. Munroe to reduce the Omaha-Portland rate in conse- quence, effective June 13, the tarift for which will be issued at once, ome Now Tarif Figures. Class rates applying from St. Paul, Minne- apolis, Duluth, Sioux Cit, Omaha, Council Bluffs, St. Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth and Kansas City to Portland, Bast Portland Albina and Astoria via the Union Pacitié meeting the rates made by the Great:North- ern and Northern Pacific, put in from St Paul to north Pacific coast points will be: T ] 1.8 aul on o Portland ould not stand being a com- CRED Commodity rates will bo 90 per cent of tho commodity rates from Chicago jointly made by the Santa Fo and Unioa Pacific. But the Unton Pacific does not stop here- it has issued two now supplomental Monday. Supplement No. 4 rmington and other points from Missouri river common points, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, cte., the rate quoted being : 1 2 8 4 157 165 1.62 1.4 3 Supplement N i 50 on day, applies Ana common rates from the Missouri river being: 1 2 Al 4 5 A n c D B 16T 151 143 180 108 T 0 60 A telegram received at Union Pacific headquarters yesterday announced that the Southern Pacitic will make a 10 per cent reduction on class and commodity rates from N York in order to meet Canadian Pacifio comyetition. The wire further says that the reduction will not apply to rates below £1 or advancing rates that ave now less than 21. Whetner this reduction will serious! Y the tarits of the Union Pacific is still question, the commodity rates not yet hav- ing been checked up, but Mr. Munroe 1s on record that the Union T fic will not allow seaboard lines to control freight from in- terior points, it being his desire to keepd n- terior and seaboard shippers on an equality the only thing left him to do under the eir- cumstances, Mon- points, Passongor Rates Booming Firm, While the freight people are pulling each other's hair m an effort to strike bed rock, the passenger people have about agreed on rates that shall obtain during the continu- ance of the World's fair. The agreement reached yesterday, which only needs the signatures of two roads to make it binding, resior rates in Utah to from Utah common points to Colorado com- mon points or east bound business effective June 20. This is a raise from §1. common points to the Missouri y rates are advanced to $30 and west bound rates remain- ing in statuo quo. Irom Salt Lake to Chicago, effective Mon- s ood until November 15, the ), an increase of $11.50 over the former round trip rate of $56. To St. i nd return from Utah common points 1 be §l, and to the Missouri 3 To Louis one way the rate has been fixed at 30 from Utah common points. A meeting will probably be held Tuesday o pass on the rules, this terminating the bit- ter fight that nas been waged for nearly six months on passenger rates, Maplo Leat Extension. Chairman Stickney of the Chicago Great Waestern railway (the “Maple Leaf”), Presi- dent Hamilton Brown of the Boone Valley Northern railway, of Iowa, and President James I Hill of the Great Northern had a cone ference in Chicago Friday regarding the ex- tension of the Maple Léaf from Mason Cit; Ia., to Council Bluffs. The plan is to use the line of the Mason City & Fort Dodge rail- road, of which Mr. Hill is president, from Mason City to Fort Dodge and to construct a new line from Fort Dodge to Council Bluffs, This will counect with the Chicago Great Western at Manly Junction, Ia., and give a direct route to Omaha from St. Paul and Chicago, & matter that has been much sought by the management of the Great Western compuny. [t is also probable, Mr. Brown states, that a line may be built from Hamp- ton, la., to connect with the new road in the vicinity of Eagle Grove, whick would greatly reduce tho distance between Om and Chicago. The directory of the Great West- orn has recently expressed itself unanimously in favor of this exten: e Special Musical Festival, The First Methodist Episcopal church, corner Twenticth and Davenport streets, will celebrate *Children’s Day™ by giving a strong attra n in the way of musical vices. The handsome auditorium of the church has been profusely decorated with flags and flowers and a platform has been built which will accommodate the church choir and the inaay school chorus of 100 voices, arranged in seven rising tiers of seats. The vic of Mr. R. 1. Allen, the well known ory have been secured, and Mr. Thomas J. Kelly, the regular organist of the church, will di- rect at both services. The program is as follows: Organ Pre Hymn ... 1 the Power" “Children’s Day" ing (ospons ....“0! Prafse the Lord” (Wilton) Infant Class Exercises. i Dr. A. Hugh Hipple . woeeSinglng 1), Wilson KT foro Am [ Mr. Livingston MeCartney F Pratso Him" L Hiesus Lover of My Soul” EVENIN Organ Prolude, e -“Unildren’s Day" v Phe Radlant Morn' (Woodward) “Onward Christian Soldicrs Seripture Reading (Rusponsive). Chorus. Lo, TrUSUDE! ayer. Chorus. . Iy Soripture ite Antheni.... Addross Chorus....", 142005 Address 4 D! Uhorus. L Address.. Chorus......! Hywn Ohorus. Authem Hymn Chorus. 5 A 5 “Hushed Was the Eveningi ‘Sullivan) Boys' Brizade and Flag Exercise “Wake th WpFALo 8010 and Chorus. ‘owe, Lev Us Worship” (iilminell) “ereeens " What Oan 1 GE : Abide With Mo" Sl True Americanism. A number of gentlemen who believe in “True Americanism” have induced Rev. H. D. Brown to come to Omaha and lecture next Thursday evening in the Farnam Stree theater upon the subject which furnished the theme for Father Sherman’s discourse & few wecks ago. No admission feo will be eharged Rev. Chorus Authow, for Chorus Hywn Brown is one of the most noted N JUNE 11, dlvines in the MethodTst Episcopal ehurch and may be expected ta-say something both interesting and nstowgive upon this im- portant subject. Everybedy is cordially in- vited to be present i — MIND READER JOHNSTONE. Tests of Marvelods” Abllity in Omaha Yosteraay, Three grown men, Apparently playing a game which resembled blind-man's buff, or a chase after an escaped luna created something of a scusation shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday aftefnoon, on Farnam street between Fourtéetith and Fifteenth. the average onlookor, 1t must have seemed as if one man had gotten away from an insane asylum somewhere, and that the two who brought up the rear, were his keepers, endeavoring, by pacific measures, to induce him to return to his cell There was nothing of the kind, however Tt was only Paul Alexander Joh ne, the mind-reader, giving a test performance for the edification of press and public, the latter being represented by Coroner M. O. Maul and Mr. Robert Wells, and the former by Messrs. R. L. Ketchum of Tur Bee and S, Woodbridge of the World-Herald The committee named met Mr. Johnstone and his manager, Mr. Rice, at the union depot at 4 o'clock. [n the forenoon Messrs, Griswold of e Bee and Wood- bridgo of the World-Herald nad concealed a pin on the casement of a door opening onto an castern balcony of the Paxton hotel, and this pin was tho object of Mr. Johnstone: search and the subject of the first his test. To mislead the mind-r much possivle, Tne Brer represen was informed that the pin idden at the Murray, the general location, which heafter- wards held constantly in mind, being de- seribed to him, The party was hurriedly driven from the station to the World-Herald ofy v Mr. Johnstone was efully blindfolded for his u When all declared ready Mr. Johnstone took the arm of Mr. Woodbridge and, deciding that he knew more about the hiding place of the pin than did any one else, started off on a run for the Paxton hotel. Stopping for nothing he chased through the lobby and up two pairs of stairs, following in tho halls the exact routo traveled by Messrs. Griswold and Wood- bridgo in the morning, thereby making the two newspaper men hustle to kecp up with him and, leaving the othors far behind, arrived at the third floor and without a moment's hes tion, the mind-reader hurried out to the balcony, partially up the firo escape, as the pin concealers had gone in tho morning. then returned to the door opening onto the bal- cony and found the hidden pin_after a short search, = After the pin was found Mr. Johnstone suggestod that his two companions think of for him to deposit the pin. After a 's consultation, with Mr. Johnstone i, the hotel register was agreed quickly as it could be done the placed on the register by the mind- out of h upon. A pin rende “Now ' sald Mr. Johnstone, “pleaso think ofa ain name on the register and 1 will place the pin on it.” This was left to Tn Be 1, who noticed the name “D. F tred Rochester,” on_the regis some hesitation Mr. Johustono | in on tho name thought! of and r 1l someono kindly give me a pencil?? This being at once furnisbed, he added: “‘Please think of the way in which you would mark this nameo_if called upon to do " The newspaper man thoughtof what check” mark, running it, m his mind, from the first_letter of the surname to the right, and Mr. Johnstone atonce made the mark in mind. This accomplished, he called for pen and paper, saying that he wonld write the name as it appeared ou the register, and he did so after but shght nesitation, writing the name almoft as does its ownmer, the lines of the signature, however. being slightly shaky on account of Mr, Johnstons’s exhausted condi- tion and the fact that ho wore he gloves. Quito an audience wiluessed and applauded the above demonstrations, and went av convinced that iconoclusts and skeptic v, after all, be susceptible of conversion to ratvionality if propgrly instructed and givena chanco tosee-for themselves that there are really and truly some things that explained on natural grounds., S to Mr. Johnstone it should be stated that he is in a yhysical condition bordering on nervous exhaustion, due to his recent hard trip through Wind cave, near Hot Springs, S. D., and this fact considered, his performance is only the more remark: ablo. Anent Mr. Johnstone's oxperience of three days and three nights in the cave, the following extracts from a dispatch from Tue BEE's correspondent at Hot Springs will doubtless be of interest. In advance it should be stated that the pinhead had been concealed by a committee made up of lead- ing citizens, who were absent seven hours. ———— U. P. SHOP AFFAIRS. Rumors of Interost to Members of Organ- fzod Labor. The recent visits of J. N. Corbin of Denver, Col., and H. Britenstein of Laramie, Wyo., secretary and master workman of Knights of bor district assembly X2, which om- braces all local assemblies of Union Pacitic employes over the road’s entire system, were not without significance. Both men arrived here last Sunday and up to Thur: held daily conferenc with General Manager Dickinson of the Union Pacitic, A mceting of the executive committee of which James M. Kenney of the Union Pacitic shops is a member, was called at the same time. The latter, when asked by a Bee representative what the result of,these coi terences was, stated that the Knights did not wish to speak for publication in regard to the matter. He said that results would be posted in the assembly rooms for the in- formation of those concerned. I"rom other sources it is learned that the principal object which brought the two gen- tlemen hero was accomplished to the entire satisfaction of both rties and the existing good feeling was thereby strengthened. It is stated by those in position to know that hercafter the Knights of Labor con- tracts with the road will be posted in the shops in place of those of the unions aftiliat- ing with tho Federation, which were torn down during the recent strike and that eight hourt a day will be resumed. At headquarters Mr. Orr confirmed the Iatter, but said that so far as he knew it only on account of stress of business. When the Union Pacific issued the order to that offect on Thursday it only did the same as the Santa Fe and other roads. He could not state whether the union contracts would be supplanted by those of the Knights. Super- intendent McConnell might be able to state definitely, but that gentlemen was not to be found. Regarding the couference he further stated that it had taken place to adjust some matters between the freight hanulers and the road, but all had been satisfactorily ad- justed, 2 Labor Tocals, William Holly of Pert, 1ll,, called yester- day upon his Omaha 5’mrpshuuwr friends. He is enroute to the Pacific coast for pleas- ure and recreation, At the last meeting 6f the white barbers' union it was decided tochange the place of meeting from Breen's to Patterson hall, on Seventeenth and Farnam. Tue union will moet every Tuesday Horeafter. Local 8,633, composbl of working girls, had a fair attendance at its regular meeting I'riday night notwithstanding the inclem- ney of the weather,yThose present de- ded to give a musical,entertainment next Friday nightat Knights of Labor hall, Brotherhood of Rajlway Carmen No. 103 claims to have grievauges and has therefore appointed a committog. to wait upon the vatlway officials of the different roads to adjust matters if possiole, The committee has been at work for some time and yeste day called upon General Manager Dickinson of the Union Pacific. Just what the result of the conference was cannot be stated at preseut. —— Hanscom Park Concert. The following will be the musical program at Hanscom park today at 4 p. m. March—"The Beau Ideal,” Sousa's latest . n Housa Selection--Cupricia Clariuet A e cdbmeyer Inflanmitus from SGib - Rosslnl Cornet Solo— P Tramp Patrol Overture—Orpheus in der Unterwelt Potpourrl Musicai “Puerner U ‘hrough Europe. . e onia v N endl Ared Meyrellos Lu..“" Lunge, Beser Selection—Opera Attila Chinese Patrol . - oor Qorre - Cindoielia, " usicul Beons from Switzerland Medloy—Yo Olden Timos -+ s Natlonal Alr-Hall Columbia | 1n this city. SIXTEEN 1893 PAGES. FROM THE LIPS OF A PIONEER John R. Portar Recites Old Memories of Omaha's Infancy. NOVEL POSTAL SERVICE IN THOSE DAYS Recolloctions of Crossing the Plains—Dia- onds that or Dazzlod Indinns as Customers—Omahn Realty in Early Days—-The First Fire, Pawnee M. John R. Porter, one of the best known ex-residents of Omaha, is visiting relatives Mrs. Porter accompanies him Their many old friends will be pleasad to kuow that they are both in the enjoyment of good health, When Mr. Porter left this city, thirteon yoars ago, ho was on cruteh and suffering with rheumatism. He went from hero to New Moxico, whore ho mained throo months, later spent four in Arizona, and the rest of the time he has lived in California, His present homo is in Los Angole Mr. Porter came to Omaha_in 1856 o tinued to roside hero untal 1579, He an o goneral merch nd con- nd his lise store on hot. Mr., reporter yesterday, referred to the burning ot this store, in the winter of 1857-58, as the first fire that oceurred in Omaha, Dentt with tho Indians, They had a trade with the Pawnee Indians, who wero then located in considor- able numb Papillion andfurther along up the Platto, their tepees extending as far as Fremont. Subsequently Mr, Porter did an extensivo business as commissf® mer- chant in partnership with Mr. Dewell, now in the Union Pacitic local oftice During his first summer here Mr. Porter built a warchouse a little above the present Umion Pacific shovs had but few inhabitants in those Portor said yesterd ‘1 remem- tit thon had two hotels, tho City hotel on Eleventh street and the Douglas house on tho corner of Thirteenth and Harney. Lettors on the Brain, *‘A. D. Jones owned a corner on Sixteenth and Harney where he had a postofiice which he carried under his ha The old Omana and Council Bluffs Ferry company owned about all the tand in sight, or claimed it all. Dewell and T received the first locomotive ever landed in Nobraska; he had the bill of !=ding framed and has it still in his posses- sion. “It was for the Union Pacific railroad. I used to say that by the time that road was built I would be in my g it seemed so impossible that they would ¢ over the mountaius, but they did and am still on top of the earth.” We had a line of steamboats running to St. Joe. connecting with the railroad from the ¢ in lively fon with the Western S com which tried to get people o £o by v of Des Moines, at that time the near railroad point. Their superintendent was old Colonel Hooker, whom I shook hands with on the strect the other In the winter when the river was frozen we kep up the competition by putting a line of s coaches on the road between Council Bluffs and St. Joe, carrying the people across the river in ‘buses. There was a good deal of traveling t and west on account of the Pike's | k gold excitement. T've seen them going out in wagons with ‘Pike's Pe or Bust’ written on the covers and times when returning they would onl the word ‘Busted.” An overland stage went right on to Cahfornia.” Trapped by a Tr: In previous years Mr. Porter had yielded to the allurements of the gold fever himsclf, and went by team in 1849 to California. The Jjourney consumed nine months. He was in u party of 100 young men organized at Peoria, {11, aud he laughed he recalled how pret- tily a destitute trapper on the way out had fooled the tenderfoot crowd out of their wealth to the extent of 81,600. The party, nearly overy man having a horse and fully avmed, came through Towa and struck the river at St. Joo. Here they met a white trapper who had suffered hard luck by ven- wuring too far from his home in New Mexico, whero ho claimed to have a Mexican wife and large famuly living on the Rio ande, He persuaded the party to change their cowrse and employ him as guide, promising to take them to some diamond mines in New Mexico for £2,000, half of which had to be paid in ad- vance; but when they had got to Santa Fo he induced them to halt for a day or two while he went to sec his family, and that s the last they saw of him. ~Without a io the sadder and wiser seckers after ¢ riches proceede weary v of Sonora i desert, arriving in California in 1850 The two Porter boys ran a store nea the Mariposa mines, where gold was plenty. Mr. Porter was gone two y Was Once a Magistrate, Mr, Porter was a police justice in Omaha for ten years; they were then building the Union Pucific rond, and this town was tho halfway house for people going east and west, including a large share of the most desperate criminal classes in the country, with which the local dispenser of justic formed an extensive though transient quaintance. He owned the first house built on the Farnam street side hill, west of the Paxton, and which stood on ground now oe- cupied by Tue Bee building, and was also the possessor of scverul Other valuable pieces of inside property. Mr. Porter left last Friday to attend the national gathering of Mystic Shriners to be held next week at Cincinnaty, and aftel W meet his wi Hanly at Chi cago) i , prior 1o re- turning to his home in California, e European Reminisconces, Mr, and Mrs. Chris Lebrand have re- o Foremos! Show o Al This Wo IN ALL ITS REGAL SPLENDOR. THE C00K & WHITBY ASOCIALSENSATION MME. M. YALE, The celebrated Beauty and Com- plexion Specialist of the New York anda Chicago Temples of Beauty fame, givesone of her FAMOUS FREE LEGTURES On Beauty and the Complexion at Byl Thealre, ™ " S5A¥ o At 2:30 p. m. turned from a six months’ visit with friends and relatives across the water, during which time they visited Austria, Germany, Bel- gium and Switzerland. It was the first time that Mr, Lebrand had been in Europe since 1885, and he noticed a number of chunges in the larger citi although there was nothing new to be seen in the smaller towns and ag- ricultural districts. Ho saw an unusually large number of Auericans abroad, and found that greater Pains than ever was being taken to cater to the tourists from this country, English is spoken in all the hotels, saloons, gardens and other public places, and 'the Amerl- can is accosted in ~ English whenever grooted, ns he is invariably recognized by the cut of his shoes, even if there is noching else about his garb sufticiently distinctive to betray his nationality, he World's fair is the subject of a great deal of talk in the fatherland, and Mr. Lebrand talked with huudreds who intended coming to see its wonders. The deliberation of the foreigners impressed itself on the Omahan to a greater degree than on the occasion of his formor visit, and he was several times un- able to conceal his impatience when waiters allowed him to sit frown ten minutes to half an hour in order that they might finish con- versations In which they were engaged or attend to other mattess that might just as well have waited a week, It was the same when he was in a hurry to make a purchase to catch a train, and he was left on more than one occasion. It did no good to leave one place and go to another, 48 it was the custom of the country, and all business wus conducted on the sawme slow plan., 1t the same with reference to collecting what was due, and the customer was frequently subjected to a tiresome wait before being :jluwud to settle his bill or had 10 go and look up a waiter or clerk if he was in & hurry to get away. Mr. Lebrand is not of the opinion that such implicit confidence in one's fellow men would work in this coun- try, and is not surprised that so many are robbed of everythivg but their back teeth and hope of heaven soon after their arrival on this side of the pond, s Busy peopie have no ume, and sensile people have no inclination to use pills that make them sick a day for every dose they take. They have learned that the use of De Witt's Little Early Risers doos not in- terfere with their health by causing nausea bain or griping, “These little pills are per, oot in action and resulte, regulating the stomach and bowels o that headaches, diz- ziness and lassitude are prevented. The, cleanse the blood, elear the complexion an oue up the system. Lots of health io these livtlefellow. - THE LADIES OF OMAHA Cordlally fnvited to attend, Securo your sests at once. Hundreds willbo turned away. TICKETS FREE at Box Office of Theatre or the Yale Temple of Beauty, Room 501 Kar- bach Block, 15th and Douglas sts, Mme. Yale, the famous Queen of Beauty, over whom the whole world is now raving, will appear for the firat time in Omaha on Monday, Juno 19, She will delivorone of her colebratod iectures on Boauty and the Complexion, She will toll ladies with bud comploxions Low to removo overy blemish from thelr skin and teach women the art of becoming beautiful: how to be restored to youth by removing wrinklos and maklng flabby flesh youthful and firm again; how their fuoes oan be made round and plump; gray balr turnod back naturally to its own color without dye; the ayebrows and lashes made to grow thick and luxuriant; superfluous hair destroyed, and the beauty of expression cultivated by a sys- tem. Mme, Yale is tho only anthority living who has ever sucoesstully removed wrinkles permanently, Bhe oan take any face and mold 1t into pertect beauty, = HER OWN FACE 1s a marvol of youth and beauty. At 0 she looks a8 fresh and lovely as any young beauty of 15 Mume. Yalo has opened a pormanent branch of her Temple of Beauty in this city, whore her famous remedies can be found. Consulta- tlon free, Ladics, remomber Mue, Yal he froe~no charge for tickets. MME. M. YALE, Besuty and Complexion Epeclal! TEMPLE OF BEAUTY, Roows 501-2 Karbach Blook, 16th and Douglas Sts, - - Omaha, Neb, BIRNEY’S {tfiii 's lecturo wiil cures oaarrh We eots. Museum and Menagerie, ALLIED WITH merica’s Racing Association, WILL POSITIVELY EXHIBIT AT OMZIEEX Monday, June {2, .Cut price in fine millinery. We do not intend to go ou of business, but will close out the entire line of choice goods at wholesale prices and less. We are showing the largest line of pattern trimmed and untrimmed hats west of New York. ¢2.00 white French chip hats reduced to 79¢c. s0c sailor hats 7c. A beautiful Iine of children’s hats, very cheap, just received. A new line of fiowars for this sale, Goods will be placed on sale tomorrow. BILISS, 1,5!4 {)uuc las St. MAKES : I : THE BEST N | Photograph REASONABLE RATES FOR The Best, 1520 Douglas Streo, PROTECT YOUR EYES AND USE RS CHBERG Hirschberg's ifl:’;’;;wm‘ Nonchangeabls Spectacles and By eglassos, "5’.‘,.'1’,'.‘1‘.,""“ EYE BLASSES NTED Jliry 1011886 MEYER & BRO. CO., ONLY, - WILLIANSON SPECIALIST Fresident of MEDICAL AND SURGLOAL DISFENSARY, (Consultation Free.) Is unsurpassed io the treats went of all Chrguic. Psh o and aryousZiinenion o H Tllls?nN'l" ux"fiul'. Addross with stawp for par " chiaga. which wil b seak 18 plaln onvelope te P. U, Box ibh Otice 114 5 16tk 84 Damabia, Nob,